The South Bank Show (Season 28)

Street Music Stories (Episode 1)

Air date: 2004-08-22

Runtime: 60 min

Ronnie Wood (Episode 2)

Air date: 2004-09-05

Runtime: 60 min

Willie Nelson (Episode 3)

Air date: 2004-09-19

Runtime: 60 min

Malcolm Arnold (1) (Episode 4)

Air date: 2004-09-26

Runtime: 60 min

Malcolm Arnold (2) (Episode 5)

Air date: 2004-10-03

Runtime: 60 min

Robert Frank (Episode 6)

Air date: 2004-10-17

Runtime: 60 min

Michael Frayn (Episode 7)

Air date: 2004-11-14

Runtime: 60 min

The Darkness (Episode 8)

Air date: 2004-11-21

Runtime: 60 min

Iggy Pop (Episode 9)

Air date: 2004-12-05

Runtime: 60 min

Ruth Rendell (Episode 10)

Air date: 2004-12-12

Runtime: 60 min

Howard Goodall (Episode 11)

Air date: 2004-12-19

Runtime: 60 min

Pete 'n' Dud, The Lost Shows (Episode 12)

Air date: 2005-01-01

Runtime: 60 min

Ian McEwan (Episode 13)

Air date: 2005-02-20

Runtime: 60 min

Going Sane (Episode 14)

Air date: 2005-03-06

Runtime: 60 min

Khaled and Rachid (Episode 15)

Air date: 2005-03-13

Runtime: 60 min

Alina Cojocaru, Johan Kobborg (Episode 16)

Air date: 2005-03-27

Runtime: 60 min

The Garden of Cosmic Speculation (Episode 17)

Air date: 2005-04-03

Runtime: 60 min

John Boorman (Episode 18)

Air date: 2005-04-10

Runtime: 60 min

Red Priest (Episode 19)

Air date: 2005-04-24

Runtime: 60 min

National Theatre's production of Henry IV (Episode 20)

Air date: 2005-05-01

Runtime: 60 min

The Secret Art of War (Episode 21)

Air date: 2005-05-08

Runtime: 60 min

Paul Abbott (Episode 22)

Air date: 2005-05-15

Runtime: 60 min

Eric Sykes (Episode 23)

Air date: 2005-09-18

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Melvyn Bragg talks to Eric Sykes about his remarkable career, which started in the 1940s when he began writing for Frankie Howerd in the hit radio show Variety Band Box, and how he evolved from being a top comedy writer to one of Britain's best loved performers who continues to appear on stage, TV and cinema.